Cormac McCarthy's The road / edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloom, Harold.

Series:

Bloom's guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023. Road.

McCarthy, Cormac.

Fathers and sons in literature.

Good and evil in literature.

Apocalypse in literature.

Regression (Civilization) in literature.

Survival in literature.

Redemption in literature.

Physical Description:

148 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Road

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, [2011]

Summary:

Edited and introduced by Yale University professor and distinguished literary critic Harold Bloom, Bloom's Guides are comprehensive study guides for both students and adult. Emphasizing summary and analysis these volumes are designed to provide the necessary materials with which readers can gain a better understanding of the most widely read works in Western literature.

Key Features

Introductions by renowned critic Harold Bloom consider each work and its significance.

Brief biographical sketches offer insight into each author's life.

"The Story Behind the Story" details the circumstances surrounding the inception and development of the work.

Summaries with analysis review and explain key points of each work.

Selections from critical essays written by leading scholars provide accessible explorations of the work.

Annotated bibliographies direct readers to additional materials on the subject and explain the importance of each.

Essential for any student of literature looking to enhance his or her reading experience, Bloom's Guides are highly useful for test preparation, independent scholarship, or book group discussions Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Biographical sketch

The story behind the story

List of characters

Summary and analysis

Critical views: Todd Shy on The road, The book of Job, and questions about evil

Thomas A. Carlson on McCarthy's existential themes

Carl James Grindley on the novel's setting

Alex Hunt and Martin M. Jacobsen on the image of the sun

Barbara Bennett on the image of fire and references to Yeats's poetry

Shelly Rambo on the theme of redemption

Ashley Kunsa on style in The road

Thomas H. Schaub on allusion, style, and the theme of storytelling

John Jurgensen on the backstory to The road

Rune Graulund on the desert setting

Works by Cormac McCarthy

Annotated bibliography

Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781617530029

1617530026

OCLC:

679924684